Comelec disqualifies councilor bet in Pampanga’s capital

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has canceled the certificate of candidacy (COC) of broadcaster Jun John Susi for councilor in this Pampanga capital due to “material misrepresentation,” leading to his disqualification.

Susi, a former television channel newsreader and now a radio host, “deliberately misled the electorate as to his qualifications for the office he seeks to be elected when he misrepresented a material fact in his COC,” the former first division of the Comelec said in a resolution issued March 8, referring to his residence.

Susi wrote “City of San Fernando” as his address while an incumbent municipal councilor of Lubao town.

Sought for comment on Thursday, Susi told the Inquirer: “The decision is not final. I will file a motion for reconsideration. The First Division did not consider all our evidence, which would clearly show that I am a resident of San Fernando.”

The division said misrepresentation in a COC is an election offense and referred the case to the Comelec law department for a preliminary investigation.

Commissioners Marlon Casquejo and Aimee Ferolino signed the resolution.

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